Post by iris89 on Nov 5, 2008 22:04:33 GMT -5
Sequel #3 to 'Nut Case" Islamic Conspiracy Weavers Are A Bane To Truth and Reality
INTRODUCTION:
In Islam there are many “nut cases” that are governed by hate, greed, and a lust for violence due to the teachings of some of their religious leaders. Of course this is to be expected as Islam has been violent since its inception, and one Australian newspaper said,
<<<"Did you know that 90-95% of the conflicts in the world today are Muslims fighting non-muslims or each other? " [source - The Weekend Australian, November 26-27, 2005 AD]>>>.
Now this fact is clearly detailed by many major case items in an article entitled, “Blood, Blood, and More Blood, the Story of Islam:” by Iris the Preacher, and in its introduction says,
<<<” Islam has spilled blood since its foundation in the Seventh Century. Let's look at its very beginnings, a raid on a camel caravan with spilling of blood.
<<<" Raid on B. Qudah at Dhat al-Salasil by Amr b. al-As - September, 629CE
Having suffered a terrible defeat in the hands of B. Qudah at Dhat Atlah, coupled with the ignoble retreat of the Muslim army from Mu'tah, Muhammad's prestige was greatly affected. It is said that he also received intelligence that a number of tribes, including B. Qudah were now preparing to attack Medina. To salvage his reputation he now empowered Amr b. al-As, the new convert of Islam, to push for a decisive raid on the stubborn B. Qudah tribe. Amr b. al-As was very furious that some of these tribes had taken the side of the Byzantine party during the Mu'tah battle. It was time to punish them-Muhammad determined.
So with three hundred (300) men and thirty horses, Amr b. al-As set out to decimate the rebellious B. Qudah who were settled at Dhat al-Salasil. It was at a distance of ten days march from Medina. Amr b. al-As' grandmother (i.e., the mother of al-As b. Wail, the father of Amr b. al-As) was a woman from Qudah or Bali tribe and Muhammad sent Amr b. al-As to convert her and her people to Islam by force. When Amr arrived at Dhat al-Salasil he found that the enemy had heavily outnumbered the Muslims.
Because of the feeble Islamic forces at his disposal Amr b. al-As sought reinforcement from Muhammad. The messenger of Allah quickly sent Abu Bakr b. Quhafa with an additional two hundred (200) men to assist Amr b. al-As. Thus, the total number of men now numbered five hundred (500)." [source - "Islam Under Scrutiny by Ex-Muslims," The Root of Terrorism a la Islamic style Chapter 15, by Abul Kasem ]
So as we can see, Islam started out with the spilling of innocent blood of those running the peaceful caravan of commerce, and it continued that way until the present. Yet members of this sham religion claim it is a religion of peace. This false claim makes one think of what Adolph Hitler said, <<<" 'The broad mass of a nation -..will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one'---Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)">>>.
Now, if you want to read this important article in its entirety, on 11/05/2008 it could be found at:
[1] religioustruths.proboards59.com/i....read=1180019585
[2] www.scribd.com/doc/5307641/Blood-Blood-and-More-Blood-the-Story-of-Islam
And during early Islamic times, this evil practice of lust for violence, hate and greed continued:
<<<” Next, came the <<<"Raid on B. Juhayna at al-Khabat (the expedition of fish) by Abu Ubaydah ibn Jarrah - October, 629CE
In the next month, Muhammad sent Abu Ubaydah b. Jarrah along with three hundred (300) men to attack and punish the tribe of Juhaynah at al-Khabat, on the seacoast, five nights journey from Medina. This was a very difficult expedition and the Muslims suffered from intense hunger-so much so, that they had to divide the dates by number. They even ate the leaves of trees for a month. However, there was no fighting as the enemy had fled when they heard of the arrival of the Muslims.
In the end, the Muslims caught a dead-sea creature (a whale) that came ashore and ate it for half a month (or twenty days, according to Ibn Ishak). This is why this raid is also known as the 'expedition of fish.' They brought some of that stale meat to Muhammad and he ate it too.">>>.
<<<"Sahih Bukhari records that the Muslims ate the mountain like fish for eighteen days. Here is the Hadith:
Volume 3, Book 44, Number 663:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
"Allah's Apostle sent an army towards the east coast and appointed Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah as their chief, and the army consisted of three-hundred men including myself. We marched on till we reached a place where our food was about to finish. Abu- 'Ubaida ordered us to collect all the journey food and it was collected. My (our) journey food was dates. Abu 'Ubaida kept on giving us our daily ration in small amounts from it, till it was exhausted. The share of everyone of us used to be one date only." I said, "How could one date benefit you?" Jabir replied, "We came to know its value when even that too finished." Jabir added, "When we reached the sea-shore, we saw a huge fish which was like a small mountain. The army ate from it for eighteen days. Then Abu 'Ubaida ordered that two of its ribs be fixed and they were fixed in the ground. Then he ordered that a she-camel be ridden and it passed under the two ribs (forming an arch) without touching them.">>>.
This practice of spilling blood of the innocents continued right on in early Islam. Here is a short list of some of these blood spilling afairs:
[1] Beheading the leader of B. Jusham at al Ghabah by Abd Allah ibn Hadrad - November, 629CE [still being practiced today by members of Islam.]
[2] Raid on a passing caravan at Batn al-Idam by Abd Allah b. Abi Hadrad - November, 629CE [An example of desert piracy and blood spilling.]
[3] Raid on B. Khudra at Suria by Abu Qatadah - December, 629CE [An example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[4] The Occupation of Mecca by Muhammad - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
Footnotes, <<<"Hadith from Sahhi Bukhari on Muhammad's exclusive right to shed blood at the holy sanctuary:
Volume 3, Book 34, Number 303:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle said, "Allah made Mecca a sanctuary and it was neither permitted for anyone before, nor will it be permitted for anyone after me (to fight in it). And fighting in it was made legal for me for a few hours of a day only. None is allowed to uproot its thorny shrubs or to cut down its trees or to chase its game or to pick up its Luqata (fallen things) except by a person who would announce it publicly." 'Abbas bin 'Abdul-Muttlib requested the Prophet, "Except Al-Idhkhir, for our goldsmiths and for the roofs of our houses." The Prophet said, "Except Al-Idhkhir." 'Ikrima said, "Do you know what is meant by chasing its game? It is to drive it out of the shade and sit in its place." Khalid said, "('Abbas said: Al-Idhkhir) for our goldsmiths and our graves.">>>.
<<<"On the killing of the singing girl, Sunaan Abu Dawud records:
Sunaan Abu Dawud: Book 14, Number 2678:
Narrated Sa'id ibn Yarbu' al-Makhzumi:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: on the day of the conquest of Mecca: There are four persons whom I shall not give protection in the sacred and non-sacred territory. He then named them. There were two singing girls of al-Maqis; one of them was killed and the other escaped and embraced Islam.">>>.
<<<"Those killings of the Meccan women smacks in the face of Islam's claim that the religion forbids the killing of women in a war. In fact, we can cite Sahih (authentic) Ahadith to demonstrate that the killings of polytheist women and children and old men are definitely sanctioned by Muhammad. Here are a few samples:
Sahih Muslim: Book 019, Number 4321:
It is reported on the authority of Sa'b b. Jaththama that the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him), when asked about the women and children of the polytheists being killed during the night raid, said: They are from them.
Sunaan Abu Dawud: Book 14, Number 2664:
Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Kill the old men who are polytheists, but spare their children." [source - [source - "Islam Under Scrutiny by Ex-Muslims," The Root of Terrorism a la Islamic style Chapter 16, by Abul Kasem, email address on 05/24/2007 = nirribilli@gmail.com ]
[5] The Destruction of al-Uzza at Nakhla by Khalid b. al-Walid - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[6] The Destruction of Suwa at Ruhat by Amr b. al-As - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[7] The Destruction of al-Manat at al-Kadid by Sa'd b. Zayd al-Ashhali - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent, one being a poor black lady.]
[8] Plunder of B. Jadhimah at Tihamah by Khalid b. al-Walid - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
footnote, <<<"Here is Sahi Hadith from Sahih Bukhari on the level of atrocity and cruelty perpetrated on B. Jadhimah by the Muslims:
Volume 5, Book 59, Number 628:
Narrated Salim's father:
The Prophet sent Khalid bin Al-Walid to the tribe of Jadhima and Khalid invited them to Islam but they could not express themselves by saying, "Aslamna (i.e. we have embraced Islam)," but they started saying "Saba'na! Saba'na (i.e. we have come out of one religion to another)." Khalid kept on killing (some of) them and taking (some of) them as captives and gave every one of us his Captive. When there came the day then Khalid ordered that each man (i.e. Muslim soldier) should kill his captive, I said, "By Allah, I will not kill my captive, and none of my companions will kill his captive." When we reached the Prophet, we mentioned to him the whole story. On that, the Prophet raised both his hands and said twice, "O Allah! I am free from what Khalid has done.">>>.
[9] Second Raid on B. Hawazin or the Battle of Hunayn by Muhammad - January, 630CE 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[10] The Destruction of the idol Yaghuth at Dhu al-Kaffyan by Tufayl ibn 'Amr al-Dawsi - January, 630 [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[11] The Siege of Taif by Muhammad - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
Footnote, <<<"Hadith from Sahih Bukhari on the release of the captives of B. Hawazin:
Volume 3, Book 46, Number 716: Narrated Marwan and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama:
When the delegates of the tribe of Hawazin came to the Prophet and they requested him to return their properties and captives. The Prophet stood up and said to them, "I have other people with me in this matter (as you see) and the most beloved statement to me is the true one; you may choose either the properties or the prisoners as I have delayed their distribution." The Prophet had waited for them for more than ten days since his arrival from Ta'if. So, when it became evident to them that the Prophet was not going to return them except one of the two, they said, "We choose our prisoners." The Prophet got up amongst the people and glorified and praised Allah as He deserved and said, "Then after, these brethren of yours have come to us with repentance, and I see it logical to return them the captives. So, whoever amongst you likes to do that as a favor, then he can do it, and whoever of you likes to stick to his share till we recompense him from the very first war booty which Allah will give us, then he can do so (i.e. give up the present captives)." The people unanimously said, "We do that (return the captives) willingly." The Prophet said, "We do not know which of you has agreed to it and which have not, so go back and let your leaders forward us your decision." So, all the people then went back and discussed the matter with their leaders who returned and informed the Prophet that all the people had willingly given their consent to return the captives. This is what has reached us about the captives of Hawazin. Narrated Anas that 'Abbas said to the Prophet, "I paid for my ransom and Aqil's ransom.">>>.
[12] The Raid on B. Tamim by Uyana b. Hisn - July, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
And the list of early blood lettings of the innocent by Islam could go on for many pages, but it is being stopped here as enough have been listed to establish the fact that early Islam was guilty of much blood letting per the name of this article, "Blood, Blood, and More Blood, the Story of Islam:" [source - Blood, Blood, and More Blood, the Story of Islam: by Iris the Preacher.]>>>.
Of course members of Islam try to cover up this reality until today as shown by how some try to blame the evil and wicked acts of their beloved Muslim religious leader, Sheik Osama bin Ladin on others through lies and false conspiracy theories. Let’s look at an example:
<<<” "After five years of talking to many individuals in the intelligence community, in the military, foreign intelligence agencies, and a whole host of other people, people from the air traffic control community, the FAA, I came to the conclusion that after five years what we saw happen on that morning of September 11, 2001, was the result of a highly-compartmentalized covert operation to bring about a fascist coup in this country. ...
These people need to be brought to justice, if not by our own Congress, then by an international tribunal in the Hague, in the Netherlands. Bush, Blair, Rumsfeld, Cheney should be sitting in the same dockets where Milosevic and the Croatia-Serbia war criminals sat." [ source – a conspiracy forum, patriotsquestion911.com/#Meacher on 11/02/2008]>>>.
This exert from a conspiracy forum was actually posted by a hater of North Americans, and Americans in particular, and against everyone else who has NOT been mislead by his beloved Muslim religious leader, Sheik Osama bin Ladin. He continues to tell whopping lies and false accusations against others, and falsely accuses them of lying, when in reality he is the one NOT telling the TRUTH – he is lying. He says,
“As usual YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO READ THE TRUTH and to do that you deleted my comments that CHALLENGE YOUR COMMENTS. Well, what can i expect from LIAR like yourself.”
My answer to this lying member of Islam was,
“WRONG, I want people to read the truth and if you read my articles you will find they are truth well backed up with credible evidence which nothing he says is. In fact, I hope all who read this article act in harmony with Acts 17: 10-11, “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” (Authorized King James Bible; AV). I do not ask anyone to believe something because I said it, I want them to check the facts in line with John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (AV).
FALSE RELIGION STANDARD OPERATING PRINCIPLES (SOP) EXPLAINED:
Islam has taken the blood guilt on themselves for failure to take action against this wicked and evil Muslim religious leader – their failure to act. But should this cause a surprise? Remember, it is not what either the Bible or the Bible knockoff the Qur'an actually say, but how religious leaders be they priest and/or sheiks or imams or muftis or what ever teach the people is the interpretation of what is written either in the Bible or the bible knockoff the Qur'an that matters and governs actions. It matters not what the Bible and/or the Bible knockoff really say. People go by what they are taught by their religious leaders. Take the genocide committed by the Roman Catholic Church at the direction of their supreme religious leader, the pope, what mattered was not that the Bible clearly said at Exodus 20:13, "Thou shalt not kill." (Authorized King James Bible; AV), but what their religious leaders told them. Therefore, it is the religion at fault, irregardless of what their particular holy book, be it the Bible or the Bible knockoff the Qur'an may say. Neither is so called Christianity or in Islam are most individuals actions really governed in any way by what their particular holy book really says, but they are governed by the interpretation of their religious leaders. Thus, knowing this reality, one would be either just plain stupid and/or dumb to even bother looking at a particular religion's holy book and expect the members would conform to it. Take the Rig Vede and find me for example a Hindu actually conforming to it instead of the interpretation given to it by his religious leaders, like looking for a needle in the haystack per K.S. Lal, India's greatest historian.
In fact, the Qur’an clearly says at Sura 5:13 That one should be kind to others. Let’s look at this Sura from three different versions of the Quran:
Sura 5:13 AL-MAEDA (THE TABLE, THE TABLE SPREAD). Which we shall show from three different versions/translations, requires members of Islam to be kind with others. Now let's look at how it stated in three different versions of the Qur'an.
YUSUFALI: But because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them, and made their hearts grow hard; they change the words from their (right) places and forget a good part of the message that was sent them, nor wilt thou cease to find them- barring a few - ever bent on (new) deceits: but forgive them, and overlook (their misdeeds): for Allah loveth those who are kind.
PICKTHAL: And because of their breaking their covenant, We have cursed them and made hard their hearts. They change words from their context and forget a part of that whereof they were admonished. Thou wilt not cease to discover treachery from all save a few of them. But bear with them and pardon them. Lo! Allah loveth the kindly.
SHAKIR: But on account of their breaking their covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hard; they altered the words from their places and they neglected a portion of what they were reminded of; and you shall always discover treachery in them excepting a few of them; so pardon them and turn away; surely Allah loves those who do good (to others).
So obviously this evil and wicked Muslim religious leader, Osama bin Ladin was in violation of this Sura.
Of course the same situation exist among so called Christians, but NOT among genuine true followers of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ. In fact, there is a book that asks and answers the question with respect what the Bible really says, “What Does the Bible Really Teach,” by Watch Tower Bible and Track Society of Pennsylvania.
TOP LEVEL MEMORANDUM TO THE US GOVERNMENT BY A SPECIALIST IN TERRORISM:
<<<”Memorandum
March 31, 2004
TO: House Government Reform Committee
Attention: |
FROM: Audrey Kurth Cronin
Specialist in Terrorism
Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
SUBJECT: Terrorist Attacks by AI Qaeda []
This memorandum is in response to your request for information about attacks by Al Qaeda both before and after the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States. If you have further questions, please contact Audrey Kurth Cronin at ???.
Introduction
The request asks for the number of attacks attributed to AI Qaeda in the two-and-a- half years before September 11, 2001, and in the two and a half years afterwards, as well as the total number of attacks by AI Qaeda before September 11, 2001. While an analysis of the number of attacks worldwide committed by AI Qaeda might seem a simple, straightforward exercise, it is not, for the reasons mentioned below. We have endeavored to provide an
assessment of the evidence available and will describe our findings in the body of the memorandum. A number of issues arise relating to the reliability of this information, which is collected from openly available chronologies of terrorist incidents. First, the most authoritative unclassified U.S. government document that assesses terrorist attacks, Patterns of Global Terrorism (published by the Department of State), comes out in the Spring of the subsequent year and thus has a lag of at least several months. There is currently no official government information available after 2002. Second, private organizations that collect information about terrorist attacks often define terrorism in different ways. Thus, it is often difficult to directly compare data that are collected on the basis of different assumptions. Third, and most important with respect to tracking AI Qaeda's attacks, the attribution of terrorist attacks can be unknown for months or years, and sometimes (especially with respect to AI Qaeda) it is probably never definitely known. There is information of varying reliability in the press about apparent logistical, financial, or technical cooperation with Al Qaeda, and/or apparent links between operatives in local groups and AI Qaeda. Sometimes groups may claim to be associated with AI Qaeda so as to associate themselves with Al Qaeda's goals or ideology, even if there is no direct physical link. At other times, investigators think there is a link to AI Qaeda, but have no proof., We have used our best judgment to assess the reliability of this information, but it is not possible in many cases to be sure. Especially recently, the number of attacks definitely attributable to AI Qaeda has evolved and changed, as forensic and intelligence evidence comes to light. Therefore, especially for very recent attacks by AI Qaeda, the listing that we provide below may not be entirely complete or correct.
These comments are necessary because of the complexity of data on terrorist incidents generally, and the particular problems in tracking AI Qaeda's recently evolving pattern of attacks. The remaining discussion should be considered with these caveats in mind.
Total AI Qaeda Attacks Prior to September 11, 2001
According to the State Department's Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2002, the following attacks are attributed to AI Qaeda before September 11, 2001 :'
December 1992: Three bombings were reportedly targeted at U.S. troops in Aden, Yemen. There were no casualties. 1993: AI Qaeda claims to have shot down U.S. helicopters and killed U.S. servicemen in Somalia while they were performing Operation Restore Hope. Bin Laden reportedly believes that AI Qaeda was thus responsible for the withdrawal of the United States from Somalia.
(Note: Some experts do not include this incident as a terrorist attack, because it was directed not against civilians but against military members in combat.)
August 1998: AI Qaeda reportedly conducted the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in
Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 301 persons were killed and more than 5,000 were injured.
12 October 2000: AI Qaeda reportedly directed the attack on the USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen. 17 U.S. Navy members were killed and 39 were injured. (Note: Some experts do not include this attack as a "terrorist incident," because it was directed against a military, not civilian, target, although the Cole was not engaged in any combat during that period.)
These four attacks are the total number listed by the State Department as attributable to Al Qaeda before September 11th. There were also numerous attempted attacks that were disrupted, including:
1994: AI Qaeda reportedly plotted to assassinate Pope John Paul II during his visit to Manilla.
1995: AI Qaeda reportedly plotted to assassinate President Clinton during a visit to the Philippines, and to bomb a dozen U.S. trans-Pacific airline flights. 1 U.S. Department of State, Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2002 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government
Printing Office, April 2003), pp. 118-119; also accessible at [http//www.state.gov/s/ct/rls].
1999: An Al Qaeda operative reportedly attempted to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport.
1999: Simultaneous with the above, AI Qaeda reportedly plotted to carry out terrorist operations against U.S. and Israeli tourists visiting Jordan for millennial celebrations.
Terrorist Attacks Attributable to AI Qaeda Immediately before September 11, 2001
You have asked for the number of terrorist attacks in the period two-and-a- half years before September 11, 2001. We have interpreted this to mean the time period from March 1, 1999 to September 11, 2001 (i.e., a total of 30 months before September 2001). To answer this question, we are again relying upon the State Department's Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2002:
There were no terrorist attacks that we have been able to identify as attributed to AI Qaeda during 1999.
12 October 2000: AI Qaeda reportedly directed the attack on the USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen. 17 U.S. Navy members were killed and 39 were injured. (Note: As mentioned above, some experts do not include this attack as a "terrorist incident," because it was directed against a military, not civilian, target, although the Cole was not engaged in any combat during that period.)
The U.S. State Department's Patterns of Global Terrorism lists no more major attacks attributed to AI Qaeda between October 2000 and September 11, 2001. Thus, it appears that there was one major attack publicly attributed to AI Qaeda in the thirty months before 9/11.
The following AI Qaeda plots were reported by the State Department as disrupted
during this time period (March 1, 1999 to September 11, 2001):
1999: An AI Qaeda operative reportedly attempted to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport.
1999: AI Qaeda reportedly plotted to carry out terrorist operations against U.S. and Israeli tourists visiting Jordan for millennial celebrations. Terrorist Attacks Attributable to AI Qaeda Immediately after September 11, 2001.
You have asked for the number of terrorist attacks in the intervening two-and-a- half years after September 11, 2001 and to the present date. We have interpreted this to mean the time period from September 12, 2001 to March 31, 2004 (i.e., a total of 30 months after September 2001). To answer this question, we are relying upon the State Department's Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2002, newspaper accounts, and the RAND-MJPT Terrorism Incident database:2
2 RAND-MTPT Terrorism Incident Database is maintained by the RAND Corporation, in conjunction (continued...)
11 April 2002: Al Qaeda reportedly firebombed a synagogue in Tunisia, killing 19 and injuring 22.
6 October 2002: AI Qaeda reportedly directed a suicide attack on a French oil tanker off the coast of Yemen, killing 1 and injuring 4.
8 October 2002: AI Qaeda reportedly attacked U.S. military personnel in Kuwait, killing 1 person and injuring 1 person.
12 October 2002: AI Qaeda reportedly supported an attack (primarily carried out by Jemaah Islamiya) on a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia, killing approximately 180 people.
28 November 2002: AI Qaeda reportedly bombed an Israeli-owned/patronized hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, killing 15 and injuring 40. Simultaneously, AI Qaeda operatives unsuccessfully attempted to shoot down an Israeli chartered plane using a surface-to-air missile as it departed the airport in Mombasa, Kenya.
12 May 2003: AI Qaeda reportedly supported suicide attacks on three Western housing compounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killed 34 people, including 8 Americans.
16 May 2003: Fourteen suicide bombers, member of a local group (Al-Salafiyyah al-Jihadiyah, or "Salafia Jihadia") allegedly connected to AI Qaeda, carried out nearly simultaneous attacks on five Western and Jewish targets in Casablanca, killing 45 people and injuring more than 100.
15 November 2003: A group called Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades, which reportedly has connections to AI Qaeda, carried out twin suicide truck bomb attacks on synagogues in Istanbul. 25 people were killed and more than 300 were injured.
20 November 2003: An organization called the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front (or IBDA-C), which reportedly may have received logistical training and support from AI Qaeda,carried out suicide attacks against the British Consulate and the HSBC bank in Istanbul, Turkey.
11 March 2004: Simultaneous bombings of four packed commuter trains in Madrid killed 190 people and injured more than 1400. Evidence is still being gathered; however, Spanish police have in custody a number of Moroccan and other Islamist radicals who are reportedly members of organizations such as Al-Salafiyyah al-Jihadiyah, the group that carried out the Casablanca attacks and which reportedly has links with AI Qaeda. A self-described spokesman for AI Qaeda claimed the organization's responsibility for the attacks, although that has not been independently confirmed.
Please note that we are not including in this list terrorist attacks that have occurred in Iraq, many of which are suspected to have a link to AI Qaeda (or its associated groups), but whose genesis is still undetermined. There are a large number of attacks that could qualify 2 (...continued)
with the Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism. It is accessible at [http://db.mipt.org/mipt_rand.cfm].
For the list, but at this point the degree to which AI Qaeda is responsible is unclear and disputed.
The following AI Qaeda plot was reportedly disrupted during this time period
(September 12, 2001 to March 31, 2004):
December 2001: Suspected AI Qaeda associate Richard Colvin Reid attempted to ignite a shoe bomb on a transatlantic flight from Paris to Miami.
There may be other attacks that were disrupted during this period; however, we do not yet have access to unclassified government sources that would give a more complete and authoritative accounting of them. Thus it is not possible to determine the total number of attacks attemptedby AI Qaeda and disrupted by counterterrorist efforts in the 30 months after September 11th.
Summary
To summarize, the U.S. State Department lists four attacks as attributable to AI Qaeda in the total period of time before September 11th. In the thirty months immediately before September 11, 2001, the U.S. State Department lists one. In the thirty months after September 11,2001, the picture is much more complicated, since the State Department has not yet published its assessment and we do not have completely reliable sources. Counting only those attacks that are widely attributed to AI Qaeda in open sources, and realizing that this list is likely to change as more information either confirming or disputing an AI Qaeda role becomes available, we estimate that there have been approximately ten AI Qaeda
terrorist attacks since September 11,2001 (not including any potential Al Qaeda-associated operations in Iraq). The total number of disrupted attacks since September 11, 2001 is not known at this time. This is the best judgment that we can make on the available information and within the time provided to prepare this memorandum.
[source - “Memorandum, March 31, 2004, TO: House Government Reform Committee, FROM: Audrey Kurth Cronin, Specialist in Terrorism Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division” at 74.125.113.104/search?q=cache:o7WlE4lI77cJ:www.fas.org/irp/crs/033104.pdf+list+of+Al+Qaeda+attacks&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us on 11/05/2008]>>>.
WHAT AN ENCYCLOPEDIA HAS TO SAY WITH RESPECT AL QAEDA AND MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADER SHEIK OSAMA BIN LADIN:
<<<”Al-Qaeda attacks began on December 29, 1992, when bombs at two hotels in Aden, Yemen, killed two Austrian tourists. The blasts were targeting United States servicemen going to Somalia.[1]
The following list is of acts known or suspected to have been executed by al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda does not take credit for most of them, resulting in ambiguity over how many attacks the group has actually conducted. After the United States declaration of the War on Terrorism in 2001, the U.S. government has striven to highlight any connections between other militant groups and al-Qaeda. Some prefer to attribute to al-Qaedaism actions that might not be directly planned by al-Qaeda as a military headquarters but that are inspired by its tenets and strategies. [edit] Operation Bojinka Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheik Mohammed planned Operation Bojinka, a plot to destroy airplanes in mid-Pacific flight using explosives. An apartment fire in Manila, Philippines exposed the plan before it could be carried out. Yousef was arrested, but Mohammed evaded capture until 2003. They tested their attacks on the Philippine Airlines Flight 434.
1998 U.S.-embassy bombings Al-Qaeda is believed to have conducted the bombings in August 1998 of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 5,000 others.
1999 and 2000 attacks
USS Cole after it was bombed
In December 1999 and into 2000, al-Qaeda planned attacks against U.S. and Israeli tourists visiting Jordan for millennial celebrations; however, Jordanian authorities thwarted the planned attacks and put 28 suspects on trial. Part of this plot included the planned bombing of LAX, but this plot was foiled when bomber Ahmed Ressam was caught at the US-Canadian border with explosives in the trunk of his car. Al-Qaeda also planned to attack the USS The Sullivans on January 3, 2000, but the effort failed due to too much weight being put on the small boat meant to bomb the ship.
Despite the setback with the USS The Sullivans, al-Qaeda succeeded in bombing a U.S. warship in October 2000 with the USS Cole bombing. German police foiled a plot to destroy a cathedral in Strasbourg, France in December 2000.
* Strasbourg cathedral bombing plot (1999)
*Rizal Day Bombings in the Philippines (2000)
September 11, 2001, attacks
The most destructive act ascribed to al-Qaeda was the series of attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001. These attacks destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon in a series of suicide hijacking of airplanes. Bin Laden did take credit for the attacks days before the 2004 Presidential Election.
Other attacks, 2001–2003
Among other attacks ascribed to al-Qaeda and its affiliates are these:
* Paris embassy attack plot (2001)
* Singapore embassies attack plot (2001)
* Kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl (2002)
* Ghriba synagogue bombing in Djerba, Tunisia (2002)
* Foiled bombings of Western warships in the Strait of Gibraltar (2002)
* Limburg tanker bombing (2002)
* Kenyan hotel bombing in Mombasa and the attempt to shoot down an Israeli airliner (2002)
* Riyadh Compound Bombings (2003)
* 2003 Casablanca bombings
* 2003 Istanbul bombings
Al-Qaeda has strong alliances with a number of other Islamic militant organizations, including the Indonesian Islamic extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah, responsible for the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings; Al-Qaeda in Iraq; and Abu Sayyaf.
Although there have been no identified al-Qaeda attacks within the territory of the United States since the September 11 attacks, attacks in the Middle East, Far East, Africa, and Europe involving extensive casualties and turmoil have been attributed to organizations with affiliation to al-Qaeda, though not always directly to al-Qaeda itself.
March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks
On the day of the 2004 Madrid train bombings, the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi reported receiving an email from a group affiliated with al-Qaeda claiming responsibility. The authenticity of that claim has been questioned,[2] and the group making the claim was qualified by U.S. officials as "notoriously unreliable".[3] The coincidence in timing of the attacks with elections in Spain inspired several politically-focused speculations on the real identity of the perpetrators, with many initially suspecting ETA.[4] Direct al-Qaeda involvement in the Madrid 2004 bombings has been discounted by some sources,[5] and mildly asserted by the MIPT.[6]
Interpol and the Spanish Government now concur that a fanatical Islamic group of individuals were the perpetrators and that there was no operational relationship with al Qaeda at all.[7][8][9]
July 7, 2005 London bombings
Al-Qaeda is believed to be involved in the 7 July 2005 London bombings ("7/7" bombings), a series of attacks against mass transit in London which killed 57 people, including the 4 suicide bombers (see Mohammad Sidique Khan). A statement from a previously unknown group, "The Secret Organization of al-Qaeda in Europe" claimed responsibility; however, the authenticity of the statement and the group's connection to al-Qaeda have not been independently verified. The suspected perpetrators have not been definitively linked to al-Qaeda, although the contents of a video tape made by one of the bombers Mohammad Sidique Khan prior to his death and subsequently sent to Al Jazeera gives strong credence to an al-Qaeda connection. An apparently unconnected group attempted to duplicate the attack later that month, but their bombs failed to detonate.
An official inquiry by the British government reported that the bombers had no direct support from al Qaeda[10].
2005 Jordan attacks
Al-Qaeda in Iraq is suspected in the November 9, 2005 Amman, Jordan attacks in which three simultaneous bombings occurred at American franchise-owned hotels in Amman. The blasts killed 57 and injured 120 people. Most of the injured and killed were attending a wedding at the Radisson Hotel. The targeting of celebrating Muslim civilians cost al-Zarqawi (the man believed to have planned the attacks) greatly in Jordanian public opinion, and to a lesser extent in Arab public opinion as a whole.
2007 Algiers bombings
Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb claimed to have been responsible for the April 11, 2007 Algiers bombings. Two bombs exploded within a short time of each other, one at the prime ministers office and the other at a police station. The blasts killed 33 people. It was the first time a bombing had occurred in the capital in more than a decade.
2008 Danish-embassy bombing
Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Danish embassy in Pakistan on 2 June 2008. A car bomb killed six persons and injuring several. Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda, issued a statement on 5 June, claiming that the attack was a response to the 2005 publication of the Muhammed Cartoons.[11]
References
1. ^ frontline: the man who knew: timeline - al qaeda's global context | PBS
2. ^ [1] Madrid Bluff?. Letter doesn't look like al Qaeda. National Review
3. ^ [2] Madrid Massacre Probe Widens: ...The London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi said Thursday evening it had received a claim of responsibility in the name of al Qaeda...[]...The group making the claim, Abu Hafs al Masri Brigades, is affiliated with al-Qaeda and has carried out bombings before. But U.S. officials caution the group is "notoriously unreliable" and does not necessarily speak for Osama bin Laden's organization. For example, Abu Hafs took credit for last summer's Northeast blackout.
4. ^ A senior official in Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's office said the government was studying the reported claim but still thought ETA was more likely behind the attacks...[]..."When ETA attacks, the Basque heart breaks into a thousand pieces", Basque regional president Juan Jose Ibarretxe said...[]...The Interior Ministry said tests showed the explosives used in the attacks were a kind of dynamite normally used by ETA...[]...The bombers used titadine, a kind of compressed dynamite also found in a bomb-laden van intercepted last month as it headed for Madrid, a source at Aznar's office said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Officials blamed ETA then, too.
5. ^ The Independent article:While the bombers may have been inspired by Bin Laden, a two-year investigation into the attacks has found no evidence that al-Qa'ida helped plan, finance or carry out the bombings, or even knew about them in advance
6. ^ [3] "the length of time between the Madrid bombings and Abu Nayaf al-Afghani’s claim has cast doubt on its authenticity..[]...Other sources attribute the March 11 attacks to the group Abu Dujana Al-Afghani Ansar Al-Qaeda Europe, which appears be an alias for Abu Nayaf al-Afghani. A separate al-Qaeda linked organization, the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade, also declared responsibility for the Madrid attacks, and although it faces similar questions about the validity of its claims, it is generally regarded by authorities as having carried out the attacks"
7. ^ MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Database (see MIPT)
8. ^ The Times Bomb squad link in Spanish blast
9. ^ The worst Islamist attack in European history | World news | guardian.co.uk
10. ^ Leak reveals official story of London bombings | UK news | The Observer
11. ^ www.nefafoundation.org/miscellane....akistan0608.pdf “
[source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_al-Qaeda_attacks on 11/05/2008]>>>.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ON AL QAEDA AND MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADER, SHEIK OSAMA BIN LADIN:
<<<”Number10.gov.uk , The official site of the Prime Minister's Office
Wednesday 13 July 2005
List of Al Qaida inspired terror attacks released 13 July 2005
A list of significant terrorist attacks inspired by, or linked to, Al Qaida has been released. It was promised to MPs by Tony Blair during PMQs earlier today.
PM condemns ‘perverted and poisonous’ terrorist attacks International terrorism: significant attacks associated with Al Qaida This is a list of significant terrorist attacks from the first on the World Trade Centre in New York until that in London on 7 July. It does not include all terrorist attacks. Some of those listed were directly linked to Bin Laden or other Al Qaida leaders, but many were conducted by terrorists inspired by Al Qaida. During this period several planned attacks which might have led to significant loss of life have also been prevented, most notably a planned attack on Strasbourg Christmas Market in December 2000 and other attacks planned a year earlier against targets in the US and Jordan.
Date of event
Location
Summary
26-Feb-93
USA (New York)
First World Trade Center bombing planned by Ramzi Youssef. 6 killed, over 1000 injured.
[[Members of Islam hate World Trade Center for some unknown diabolical reason]]
11-Dec-94
Philippines
Small bomb on Philippines Airlines flight; 1 Japanese businessman killed, 10 people injured.
29-Jul-95
France (Paris and Lyon)
4-month bombing campaign. Attacks on the Paris metro, the Arc de Triomphe and outside a Jewish school in Lyon.
13-Nov-95
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)
Car bombs at military compound.
18-Sep-97
Egypt(Cairo)
Gunmen attack a tourist bus. 9 Germans and 1 Egyptian killed.
17-Nov-97
Egypt (Luxor)
Gunmen attack tourists. c.70 killed.
7-Aug-98
Kenya (Nairobi) and Tanzania (Dar-es-Salaam)
Truck bomb attack against US embassies. Over 200 people killed, thousands injured.
12-Oct-00
Yemen
Boat bomb attack on the USS Cole in the port of Aden. 17 US soldiers killed, 39 wounded.
11-Sep-01
USA (New York and Washington)
Hijacked planes crashed into the two World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. A fourth plane crashes into a field in Pittsburgh. c. 3000 killed.
11-Apr-02
Tunisia
Vehicle bomb attack against a synagogue on the resort island of Djerba. c.21 killed.
8-May-02
Pakistan (Karachi)
Bomb attack against bus carrying French engineers near Sheraton Hotel.
14-Jun-02
Pakistan (Karachi)
Truck bomb attack against US Consulate. 12 killed, 51 injured.
6-Oct-02
Yemen
Boat bomb attack against French oil tanker MV Limburg off Ash Shahir port. 1 killed.
12-Oct-02
Indonesia (Bali)
Attacks against US Consulate, Sari Club and Paddy’s Bar. 202 killed, including 26 Britons.
28-Nov-02
Kenya (Mombasa)
Attack on an Israeli-owned hotel. 12 killed. Surface-to-air missile launched at Israeli airliner the same day.
12-May-03
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)
Attacks at 3 compounds housing expatriates. Over 30 killed.
16-May-03
Morocco (Casablanca)
Multiple suicide bombings against Spanish club, hotel and sites. 45 dead, c.100 injured.
5-Aug-03
Indonesia
Vehicle bomb attack against Marriott Hotel. c. 12 killed, 100 injured.
8-Nov-03
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)
Major vehicle bomb attack against residential compound housing mainly expatriate workers from other Arab countries. 17 killed, over 80 injured.
15-Nov-03
Turkey (Istanbul)
2 vehicle bomb attacks at Jewish synagogues.
20-Nov-03
Turkey (Istanbul)
2 vehicle bombs at HSBC Bank and British Consulate. Together with 15 Nov attack, over 60 people killed (including 2 Britons).
11-Mar-04
Spain (Madrid)
Bomb attacks against 4 trains. Terrorists blew themselves up when confronted by police. 199 killed.
1-May-04
Saudi Arabia (Yanbu)
Attack on expatriate oil workers. 6 foreign nationals and 1 Saudi killed.
30-May-05
Saudi Arabia (Al Khobar)
4 attacks in Al Khobbar target oil companies and compound.
9-Sep-04
Indonesia (Jakarta)
Vehicle bomb outside Australian Embassy. 9 killed, over 100 injured.
8-Oct-04
Egypt
Large explosions at Hilton Hotel in Taba and at 2 campsites in the Sinai area. Over 30 killed.
28-Oct-04
Pakistan (Islamabad)
Explosion at Marriott Hotel. 7 injured.
19-Mar-05
Qatar (Doha)
Vehicle bomb attack outside the Doha Players’ Theatre. 1 (British national) killed, 12 injured.
07-Apr-05
Egypt (Cairo)
Attack near tourist bazaar in Cairo. 2 French nationals and one American killed, c.18 injured.
30-Apr-05
Egypt (Cairo)
Tourist bus fired on in Cairo. 8 injured.
07-Jul-05
UK (London)
4 explosions - 3 in tube trains, one in bus. At least 52 dead, 700 injured.
[source - Number10.gov.uk , The official site of the Prime Minister's Office, at www.number10.gov.uk/Page7930 on 11/05/2008]>>>.
MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADER, SHEIK OSAMA BIN LADIN OPENLY CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR 9/11:
<<<” Bin Laden Claims Responsibility for 9/11 – FOX News
Saturday, October 30, 2004 [source - www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137095,00.html]
WASHINGTON — Usama bin Laden (search ) made his first televised appearance in more than a year Friday in which he admitted for the first time ordering the Sept. 11 attacks and accused President Bush of "misleading" the American people.
Injecting himself into the campaign four days ahead of the presidential election, bin Laden said the United States can avoid another Sept. 11-style attack if it stops threatening the security of Muslims.
In the portion of the tape that was broadcast, the Al Qaeda (search) leader refrained from directly warning of new attacks, although he said "there are still reasons to repeat what happened."
"Your security is not in the hands of Kerry, Bush or Al Qaeda. Your security is in your own hands," bin Laden said, referring to the president and his Democratic opponent. "Any state that does not mess with our security, has naturally guaranteed its own security."
Admitting for the first time that he ordered the Sept. 11 attacks, bin Laden said he did so because of injustices against the Lebanese and Palestinians by Israel and the United States.
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Bin Laden Appears on New Tape Bush, Kerry Respond to Tape 'Azzam the American' Threatens U.S. In what appeared to be conciliatory language, bin Laden said he wanted to explain why he ordered the airline hijackings that hit the World Trade Center (search) and the Pentagon so Americans would know how to act to prevent another attack.
"To the American people, my talk is to you about the best way to avoid another Manhattan," he said. "I tell you: Security is an important element of human life and free people do not give up their security."
After the video was aired, President Bush said that "Americans will not be intimidated" by bin Laden. Sen. John Kerry criticized Bush for failing to capture bin Laden earlier and said that "I can run a more effective war on terror."
The political impact of the tape could cut both ways. It bolsters Bush's argument that the world is a dangerous place and plays to his strength as commander in chief in fighting the war on terror, but it also underscores that his administration has failed to capture or kill America's No. 1 enemy more than three years after the terror attacks on New York and Washington.
It was the first footage in more than a year of the fugitive Al Qaeda leader, thought to be hiding in the mountains along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The video, broadcast on Al-Jazeera television, showed bin Laden with a long, gray beard, wearing traditional white robes, a turban and a golden cloak, standing behind a table with papers and in front of a plain, brown curtain.
His hands were steady and he appeared healthy.
The Bush administration said it believes the videotape is authentic and was made recently, noting that bin Laden referred to 1,000 U.S. military deaths in Iraq -- which happened in early September.
White House press secretary Scott McClellan said the administration did not plan to raise the nation's threat level for now. The U.S. official said the 18-minute tape -- which carries English subtitles, though not in the portion shown on Al-Jazeera -- lacks an explicit threat and repeats well-worn themes.
Multiple sources told FOX News that the tape is authentic and that it was made recently.
Al-Jazeera, which is based in Qatar, broadcast about seven minutes of the tape. The station's spokesman, Jihad Ali Ballout, said Al-Jazeera aired what was "newsworthy and relevant" and refused to describe the unaired portions, including whether they included any threats. Ballout said the station received the tape Friday but would not say how.
Before the tape was aired, the State Department asked the government of Qatar to discourage Al-Jazeera from broadcasting it, a senior State Department official said.
In the video, bin Laden accused Bush of misleading Americans by saying the attack was carried out because Al Qaeda "hates freedom." The terrorist leader said his followers have left alone countries that do not threaten Muslims.
"We fought you because we are free ... and want to regain freedom for our nation. As you undermine our security we undermine yours," bin Laden said.
He said he was first inspired to attack the United States by the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon in which towers and buildings in Beirut were destroyed in the siege of the capital.
"While I was looking at these destroyed towers in Lebanon, it sparked in my mind that the tyrant should be punished with the same and that we should destroy towers in America, so that it tastes what we taste and would be deterred from killing our children and women," he said.
"God knows that it had not occurred to our mind to attack the towers, but after our patience ran out and we saw the injustice and inflexibility of the American-Israeli alliance toward our people in Palestine and Lebanon, this came to my mind," he said.
Bin Laden suggested Bush was slow to react to the Sept. 11 attacks, giving the hijackers more time than they expected. At the time of the attacks, the president was listening to schoolchildren in Florida reading a book.
"It never occurred to us that the commander in chief of the American armed forces would leave 50,000 of his citizens in the two towers to face these horrors alone," he said, referring to the number of people who worked at the World Trade Center.
"It appeared to him [Bush] that a little girl's talk about her goat and its butting was more important than the planes and their butting of the skyscrapers. That gave us three times the required time to carry out the operations, thank God," he said.
Excluding the hijackers, the Sept. 11 attacks killed 2,749 people at the World Trade Center, 184 at the Pentagon and 40 in Pennsylvania.
In planning the attacks, bin Laden said he told Mohammed Atta, one of the hijackers, that the strikes had to be carried out "within 20 minutes before Bush and his administration noticed."
Bin Laden compared the Bush administration to repressive Arab regimes "in that half of them are ruled by the military and the other half are ruled by the sons of kings and presidents."
He said the resemblance became clear when Bush's father was president and visited Arab countries.
"He wound up being impressed by the royal and military regimes and envied them for staying decades in their positions and embezzling the nation's money with no supervision," bin Laden said.
"He passed on tyranny and oppression to his son, and they called it the Patriot Act, under the pretext of fighting terror. Bush the father did well in placing his sons as governors and did not forget to pass on the expertise in fraud from the leaders of the (Mideast) region to Florida to use it in critical moments."
The image of bin Laden reading a statement was dramatically different from the few other videos of the Al Qaeda leader that have emerged since the Sept. 11 attacks.
In the last videotape, issued Sept. 10, 2003, bin Laden is seen walking through rocky terrain with his top deputy Ayman al-Zawahri, both carrying automatic rifles. In a taped message issued at the same time, bin Laden praises the "great damage to the enemy" on Sept. 11 and mentions five hijackers by name.
In December 2001, the Pentagon released a videotape in which bin Laden is shown at a dinner with associates in Afghanistan on Nov. 9, 2001, saying the destruction of the Sept. 11 attacks exceeded even his "optimistic" calculations.
But in none of his previous messages, audio or video, did bin Laden directly state that he ordered the attacks.
U.S. authorities have long said they believe bin Laden is hiding in a rugged, mountainous tribal region of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan, but there has been no firm evidence of his whereabouts for three years.
The last audiotape purportedly from bin Laden came in April. The speaker on the tape, which CIA analysts said likely was the Al Qaeda leader, offered a truce to European nations if they pull troops out of Muslim countries. The tape referred to the March 22 assassination by Israel of Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin.
Retired Lt. Col. Bill Cowen, a FOX News military analyst, said bin Laden timed the tape deliberately.
"I think he's just trying to slap the president around a little bit and in my opinion is trying to influence the election," Cowen said.
Cowen said that while the tape showed that the most wanted terrorist was still at large, it also should be seen in another light.
"This tape is also a reminder of how we've decimated the top Al Qaeda leadership," Cowen said. "It took us 20 years to find Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, right here in the United States."
FOX News' Bret Baier, Ian McCaleb, Anna Persky and The Associated Press contributed to this report.” [source - Bin Laden Claims Responsibility for 9/11 – FOX News, Saturday, October 30, 2004, www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137095,00.html on 10/30/2004]>>>.
See Part Two
INTRODUCTION:
In Islam there are many “nut cases” that are governed by hate, greed, and a lust for violence due to the teachings of some of their religious leaders. Of course this is to be expected as Islam has been violent since its inception, and one Australian newspaper said,
<<<"Did you know that 90-95% of the conflicts in the world today are Muslims fighting non-muslims or each other? " [source - The Weekend Australian, November 26-27, 2005 AD]>>>.
Now this fact is clearly detailed by many major case items in an article entitled, “Blood, Blood, and More Blood, the Story of Islam:” by Iris the Preacher, and in its introduction says,
<<<” Islam has spilled blood since its foundation in the Seventh Century. Let's look at its very beginnings, a raid on a camel caravan with spilling of blood.
<<<" Raid on B. Qudah at Dhat al-Salasil by Amr b. al-As - September, 629CE
Having suffered a terrible defeat in the hands of B. Qudah at Dhat Atlah, coupled with the ignoble retreat of the Muslim army from Mu'tah, Muhammad's prestige was greatly affected. It is said that he also received intelligence that a number of tribes, including B. Qudah were now preparing to attack Medina. To salvage his reputation he now empowered Amr b. al-As, the new convert of Islam, to push for a decisive raid on the stubborn B. Qudah tribe. Amr b. al-As was very furious that some of these tribes had taken the side of the Byzantine party during the Mu'tah battle. It was time to punish them-Muhammad determined.
So with three hundred (300) men and thirty horses, Amr b. al-As set out to decimate the rebellious B. Qudah who were settled at Dhat al-Salasil. It was at a distance of ten days march from Medina. Amr b. al-As' grandmother (i.e., the mother of al-As b. Wail, the father of Amr b. al-As) was a woman from Qudah or Bali tribe and Muhammad sent Amr b. al-As to convert her and her people to Islam by force. When Amr arrived at Dhat al-Salasil he found that the enemy had heavily outnumbered the Muslims.
Because of the feeble Islamic forces at his disposal Amr b. al-As sought reinforcement from Muhammad. The messenger of Allah quickly sent Abu Bakr b. Quhafa with an additional two hundred (200) men to assist Amr b. al-As. Thus, the total number of men now numbered five hundred (500)." [source - "Islam Under Scrutiny by Ex-Muslims," The Root of Terrorism a la Islamic style Chapter 15, by Abul Kasem ]
So as we can see, Islam started out with the spilling of innocent blood of those running the peaceful caravan of commerce, and it continued that way until the present. Yet members of this sham religion claim it is a religion of peace. This false claim makes one think of what Adolph Hitler said, <<<" 'The broad mass of a nation -..will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one'---Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)">>>.
Now, if you want to read this important article in its entirety, on 11/05/2008 it could be found at:
[1] religioustruths.proboards59.com/i....read=1180019585
[2] www.scribd.com/doc/5307641/Blood-Blood-and-More-Blood-the-Story-of-Islam
And during early Islamic times, this evil practice of lust for violence, hate and greed continued:
<<<” Next, came the <<<"Raid on B. Juhayna at al-Khabat (the expedition of fish) by Abu Ubaydah ibn Jarrah - October, 629CE
In the next month, Muhammad sent Abu Ubaydah b. Jarrah along with three hundred (300) men to attack and punish the tribe of Juhaynah at al-Khabat, on the seacoast, five nights journey from Medina. This was a very difficult expedition and the Muslims suffered from intense hunger-so much so, that they had to divide the dates by number. They even ate the leaves of trees for a month. However, there was no fighting as the enemy had fled when they heard of the arrival of the Muslims.
In the end, the Muslims caught a dead-sea creature (a whale) that came ashore and ate it for half a month (or twenty days, according to Ibn Ishak). This is why this raid is also known as the 'expedition of fish.' They brought some of that stale meat to Muhammad and he ate it too.">>>.
<<<"Sahih Bukhari records that the Muslims ate the mountain like fish for eighteen days. Here is the Hadith:
Volume 3, Book 44, Number 663:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
"Allah's Apostle sent an army towards the east coast and appointed Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah as their chief, and the army consisted of three-hundred men including myself. We marched on till we reached a place where our food was about to finish. Abu- 'Ubaida ordered us to collect all the journey food and it was collected. My (our) journey food was dates. Abu 'Ubaida kept on giving us our daily ration in small amounts from it, till it was exhausted. The share of everyone of us used to be one date only." I said, "How could one date benefit you?" Jabir replied, "We came to know its value when even that too finished." Jabir added, "When we reached the sea-shore, we saw a huge fish which was like a small mountain. The army ate from it for eighteen days. Then Abu 'Ubaida ordered that two of its ribs be fixed and they were fixed in the ground. Then he ordered that a she-camel be ridden and it passed under the two ribs (forming an arch) without touching them.">>>.
This practice of spilling blood of the innocents continued right on in early Islam. Here is a short list of some of these blood spilling afairs:
[1] Beheading the leader of B. Jusham at al Ghabah by Abd Allah ibn Hadrad - November, 629CE [still being practiced today by members of Islam.]
[2] Raid on a passing caravan at Batn al-Idam by Abd Allah b. Abi Hadrad - November, 629CE [An example of desert piracy and blood spilling.]
[3] Raid on B. Khudra at Suria by Abu Qatadah - December, 629CE [An example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[4] The Occupation of Mecca by Muhammad - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
Footnotes, <<<"Hadith from Sahhi Bukhari on Muhammad's exclusive right to shed blood at the holy sanctuary:
Volume 3, Book 34, Number 303:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle said, "Allah made Mecca a sanctuary and it was neither permitted for anyone before, nor will it be permitted for anyone after me (to fight in it). And fighting in it was made legal for me for a few hours of a day only. None is allowed to uproot its thorny shrubs or to cut down its trees or to chase its game or to pick up its Luqata (fallen things) except by a person who would announce it publicly." 'Abbas bin 'Abdul-Muttlib requested the Prophet, "Except Al-Idhkhir, for our goldsmiths and for the roofs of our houses." The Prophet said, "Except Al-Idhkhir." 'Ikrima said, "Do you know what is meant by chasing its game? It is to drive it out of the shade and sit in its place." Khalid said, "('Abbas said: Al-Idhkhir) for our goldsmiths and our graves.">>>.
<<<"On the killing of the singing girl, Sunaan Abu Dawud records:
Sunaan Abu Dawud: Book 14, Number 2678:
Narrated Sa'id ibn Yarbu' al-Makhzumi:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: on the day of the conquest of Mecca: There are four persons whom I shall not give protection in the sacred and non-sacred territory. He then named them. There were two singing girls of al-Maqis; one of them was killed and the other escaped and embraced Islam.">>>.
<<<"Those killings of the Meccan women smacks in the face of Islam's claim that the religion forbids the killing of women in a war. In fact, we can cite Sahih (authentic) Ahadith to demonstrate that the killings of polytheist women and children and old men are definitely sanctioned by Muhammad. Here are a few samples:
Sahih Muslim: Book 019, Number 4321:
It is reported on the authority of Sa'b b. Jaththama that the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him), when asked about the women and children of the polytheists being killed during the night raid, said: They are from them.
Sunaan Abu Dawud: Book 14, Number 2664:
Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Kill the old men who are polytheists, but spare their children." [source - [source - "Islam Under Scrutiny by Ex-Muslims," The Root of Terrorism a la Islamic style Chapter 16, by Abul Kasem, email address on 05/24/2007 = nirribilli@gmail.com ]
[5] The Destruction of al-Uzza at Nakhla by Khalid b. al-Walid - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[6] The Destruction of Suwa at Ruhat by Amr b. al-As - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[7] The Destruction of al-Manat at al-Kadid by Sa'd b. Zayd al-Ashhali - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent, one being a poor black lady.]
[8] Plunder of B. Jadhimah at Tihamah by Khalid b. al-Walid - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
footnote, <<<"Here is Sahi Hadith from Sahih Bukhari on the level of atrocity and cruelty perpetrated on B. Jadhimah by the Muslims:
Volume 5, Book 59, Number 628:
Narrated Salim's father:
The Prophet sent Khalid bin Al-Walid to the tribe of Jadhima and Khalid invited them to Islam but they could not express themselves by saying, "Aslamna (i.e. we have embraced Islam)," but they started saying "Saba'na! Saba'na (i.e. we have come out of one religion to another)." Khalid kept on killing (some of) them and taking (some of) them as captives and gave every one of us his Captive. When there came the day then Khalid ordered that each man (i.e. Muslim soldier) should kill his captive, I said, "By Allah, I will not kill my captive, and none of my companions will kill his captive." When we reached the Prophet, we mentioned to him the whole story. On that, the Prophet raised both his hands and said twice, "O Allah! I am free from what Khalid has done.">>>.
[9] Second Raid on B. Hawazin or the Battle of Hunayn by Muhammad - January, 630CE 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[10] The Destruction of the idol Yaghuth at Dhu al-Kaffyan by Tufayl ibn 'Amr al-Dawsi - January, 630 [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[11] The Siege of Taif by Muhammad - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
Footnote, <<<"Hadith from Sahih Bukhari on the release of the captives of B. Hawazin:
Volume 3, Book 46, Number 716: Narrated Marwan and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama:
When the delegates of the tribe of Hawazin came to the Prophet and they requested him to return their properties and captives. The Prophet stood up and said to them, "I have other people with me in this matter (as you see) and the most beloved statement to me is the true one; you may choose either the properties or the prisoners as I have delayed their distribution." The Prophet had waited for them for more than ten days since his arrival from Ta'if. So, when it became evident to them that the Prophet was not going to return them except one of the two, they said, "We choose our prisoners." The Prophet got up amongst the people and glorified and praised Allah as He deserved and said, "Then after, these brethren of yours have come to us with repentance, and I see it logical to return them the captives. So, whoever amongst you likes to do that as a favor, then he can do it, and whoever of you likes to stick to his share till we recompense him from the very first war booty which Allah will give us, then he can do so (i.e. give up the present captives)." The people unanimously said, "We do that (return the captives) willingly." The Prophet said, "We do not know which of you has agreed to it and which have not, so go back and let your leaders forward us your decision." So, all the people then went back and discussed the matter with their leaders who returned and informed the Prophet that all the people had willingly given their consent to return the captives. This is what has reached us about the captives of Hawazin. Narrated Anas that 'Abbas said to the Prophet, "I paid for my ransom and Aqil's ransom.">>>.
[12] The Raid on B. Tamim by Uyana b. Hisn - July, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
And the list of early blood lettings of the innocent by Islam could go on for many pages, but it is being stopped here as enough have been listed to establish the fact that early Islam was guilty of much blood letting per the name of this article, "Blood, Blood, and More Blood, the Story of Islam:" [source - Blood, Blood, and More Blood, the Story of Islam: by Iris the Preacher.]>>>.
Of course members of Islam try to cover up this reality until today as shown by how some try to blame the evil and wicked acts of their beloved Muslim religious leader, Sheik Osama bin Ladin on others through lies and false conspiracy theories. Let’s look at an example:
<<<” "After five years of talking to many individuals in the intelligence community, in the military, foreign intelligence agencies, and a whole host of other people, people from the air traffic control community, the FAA, I came to the conclusion that after five years what we saw happen on that morning of September 11, 2001, was the result of a highly-compartmentalized covert operation to bring about a fascist coup in this country. ...
These people need to be brought to justice, if not by our own Congress, then by an international tribunal in the Hague, in the Netherlands. Bush, Blair, Rumsfeld, Cheney should be sitting in the same dockets where Milosevic and the Croatia-Serbia war criminals sat." [ source – a conspiracy forum, patriotsquestion911.com/#Meacher on 11/02/2008]>>>.
This exert from a conspiracy forum was actually posted by a hater of North Americans, and Americans in particular, and against everyone else who has NOT been mislead by his beloved Muslim religious leader, Sheik Osama bin Ladin. He continues to tell whopping lies and false accusations against others, and falsely accuses them of lying, when in reality he is the one NOT telling the TRUTH – he is lying. He says,
“As usual YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO READ THE TRUTH and to do that you deleted my comments that CHALLENGE YOUR COMMENTS. Well, what can i expect from LIAR like yourself.”
My answer to this lying member of Islam was,
“WRONG, I want people to read the truth and if you read my articles you will find they are truth well backed up with credible evidence which nothing he says is. In fact, I hope all who read this article act in harmony with Acts 17: 10-11, “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” (Authorized King James Bible; AV). I do not ask anyone to believe something because I said it, I want them to check the facts in line with John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (AV).
FALSE RELIGION STANDARD OPERATING PRINCIPLES (SOP) EXPLAINED:
Islam has taken the blood guilt on themselves for failure to take action against this wicked and evil Muslim religious leader – their failure to act. But should this cause a surprise? Remember, it is not what either the Bible or the Bible knockoff the Qur'an actually say, but how religious leaders be they priest and/or sheiks or imams or muftis or what ever teach the people is the interpretation of what is written either in the Bible or the bible knockoff the Qur'an that matters and governs actions. It matters not what the Bible and/or the Bible knockoff really say. People go by what they are taught by their religious leaders. Take the genocide committed by the Roman Catholic Church at the direction of their supreme religious leader, the pope, what mattered was not that the Bible clearly said at Exodus 20:13, "Thou shalt not kill." (Authorized King James Bible; AV), but what their religious leaders told them. Therefore, it is the religion at fault, irregardless of what their particular holy book, be it the Bible or the Bible knockoff the Qur'an may say. Neither is so called Christianity or in Islam are most individuals actions really governed in any way by what their particular holy book really says, but they are governed by the interpretation of their religious leaders. Thus, knowing this reality, one would be either just plain stupid and/or dumb to even bother looking at a particular religion's holy book and expect the members would conform to it. Take the Rig Vede and find me for example a Hindu actually conforming to it instead of the interpretation given to it by his religious leaders, like looking for a needle in the haystack per K.S. Lal, India's greatest historian.
In fact, the Qur’an clearly says at Sura 5:13 That one should be kind to others. Let’s look at this Sura from three different versions of the Quran:
Sura 5:13 AL-MAEDA (THE TABLE, THE TABLE SPREAD). Which we shall show from three different versions/translations, requires members of Islam to be kind with others. Now let's look at how it stated in three different versions of the Qur'an.
YUSUFALI: But because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them, and made their hearts grow hard; they change the words from their (right) places and forget a good part of the message that was sent them, nor wilt thou cease to find them- barring a few - ever bent on (new) deceits: but forgive them, and overlook (their misdeeds): for Allah loveth those who are kind.
PICKTHAL: And because of their breaking their covenant, We have cursed them and made hard their hearts. They change words from their context and forget a part of that whereof they were admonished. Thou wilt not cease to discover treachery from all save a few of them. But bear with them and pardon them. Lo! Allah loveth the kindly.
SHAKIR: But on account of their breaking their covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hard; they altered the words from their places and they neglected a portion of what they were reminded of; and you shall always discover treachery in them excepting a few of them; so pardon them and turn away; surely Allah loves those who do good (to others).
So obviously this evil and wicked Muslim religious leader, Osama bin Ladin was in violation of this Sura.
Of course the same situation exist among so called Christians, but NOT among genuine true followers of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ. In fact, there is a book that asks and answers the question with respect what the Bible really says, “What Does the Bible Really Teach,” by Watch Tower Bible and Track Society of Pennsylvania.
TOP LEVEL MEMORANDUM TO THE US GOVERNMENT BY A SPECIALIST IN TERRORISM:
<<<”Memorandum
March 31, 2004
TO: House Government Reform Committee
Attention: |
FROM: Audrey Kurth Cronin
Specialist in Terrorism
Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
SUBJECT: Terrorist Attacks by AI Qaeda []
This memorandum is in response to your request for information about attacks by Al Qaeda both before and after the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States. If you have further questions, please contact Audrey Kurth Cronin at ???.
Introduction
The request asks for the number of attacks attributed to AI Qaeda in the two-and-a- half years before September 11, 2001, and in the two and a half years afterwards, as well as the total number of attacks by AI Qaeda before September 11, 2001. While an analysis of the number of attacks worldwide committed by AI Qaeda might seem a simple, straightforward exercise, it is not, for the reasons mentioned below. We have endeavored to provide an
assessment of the evidence available and will describe our findings in the body of the memorandum. A number of issues arise relating to the reliability of this information, which is collected from openly available chronologies of terrorist incidents. First, the most authoritative unclassified U.S. government document that assesses terrorist attacks, Patterns of Global Terrorism (published by the Department of State), comes out in the Spring of the subsequent year and thus has a lag of at least several months. There is currently no official government information available after 2002. Second, private organizations that collect information about terrorist attacks often define terrorism in different ways. Thus, it is often difficult to directly compare data that are collected on the basis of different assumptions. Third, and most important with respect to tracking AI Qaeda's attacks, the attribution of terrorist attacks can be unknown for months or years, and sometimes (especially with respect to AI Qaeda) it is probably never definitely known. There is information of varying reliability in the press about apparent logistical, financial, or technical cooperation with Al Qaeda, and/or apparent links between operatives in local groups and AI Qaeda. Sometimes groups may claim to be associated with AI Qaeda so as to associate themselves with Al Qaeda's goals or ideology, even if there is no direct physical link. At other times, investigators think there is a link to AI Qaeda, but have no proof., We have used our best judgment to assess the reliability of this information, but it is not possible in many cases to be sure. Especially recently, the number of attacks definitely attributable to AI Qaeda has evolved and changed, as forensic and intelligence evidence comes to light. Therefore, especially for very recent attacks by AI Qaeda, the listing that we provide below may not be entirely complete or correct.
These comments are necessary because of the complexity of data on terrorist incidents generally, and the particular problems in tracking AI Qaeda's recently evolving pattern of attacks. The remaining discussion should be considered with these caveats in mind.
Total AI Qaeda Attacks Prior to September 11, 2001
According to the State Department's Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2002, the following attacks are attributed to AI Qaeda before September 11, 2001 :'
December 1992: Three bombings were reportedly targeted at U.S. troops in Aden, Yemen. There were no casualties. 1993: AI Qaeda claims to have shot down U.S. helicopters and killed U.S. servicemen in Somalia while they were performing Operation Restore Hope. Bin Laden reportedly believes that AI Qaeda was thus responsible for the withdrawal of the United States from Somalia.
(Note: Some experts do not include this incident as a terrorist attack, because it was directed not against civilians but against military members in combat.)
August 1998: AI Qaeda reportedly conducted the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in
Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 301 persons were killed and more than 5,000 were injured.
12 October 2000: AI Qaeda reportedly directed the attack on the USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen. 17 U.S. Navy members were killed and 39 were injured. (Note: Some experts do not include this attack as a "terrorist incident," because it was directed against a military, not civilian, target, although the Cole was not engaged in any combat during that period.)
These four attacks are the total number listed by the State Department as attributable to Al Qaeda before September 11th. There were also numerous attempted attacks that were disrupted, including:
1994: AI Qaeda reportedly plotted to assassinate Pope John Paul II during his visit to Manilla.
1995: AI Qaeda reportedly plotted to assassinate President Clinton during a visit to the Philippines, and to bomb a dozen U.S. trans-Pacific airline flights. 1 U.S. Department of State, Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2002 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government
Printing Office, April 2003), pp. 118-119; also accessible at [http//www.state.gov/s/ct/rls].
1999: An Al Qaeda operative reportedly attempted to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport.
1999: Simultaneous with the above, AI Qaeda reportedly plotted to carry out terrorist operations against U.S. and Israeli tourists visiting Jordan for millennial celebrations.
Terrorist Attacks Attributable to AI Qaeda Immediately before September 11, 2001
You have asked for the number of terrorist attacks in the period two-and-a- half years before September 11, 2001. We have interpreted this to mean the time period from March 1, 1999 to September 11, 2001 (i.e., a total of 30 months before September 2001). To answer this question, we are again relying upon the State Department's Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2002:
There were no terrorist attacks that we have been able to identify as attributed to AI Qaeda during 1999.
12 October 2000: AI Qaeda reportedly directed the attack on the USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen. 17 U.S. Navy members were killed and 39 were injured. (Note: As mentioned above, some experts do not include this attack as a "terrorist incident," because it was directed against a military, not civilian, target, although the Cole was not engaged in any combat during that period.)
The U.S. State Department's Patterns of Global Terrorism lists no more major attacks attributed to AI Qaeda between October 2000 and September 11, 2001. Thus, it appears that there was one major attack publicly attributed to AI Qaeda in the thirty months before 9/11.
The following AI Qaeda plots were reported by the State Department as disrupted
during this time period (March 1, 1999 to September 11, 2001):
1999: An AI Qaeda operative reportedly attempted to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport.
1999: AI Qaeda reportedly plotted to carry out terrorist operations against U.S. and Israeli tourists visiting Jordan for millennial celebrations. Terrorist Attacks Attributable to AI Qaeda Immediately after September 11, 2001.
You have asked for the number of terrorist attacks in the intervening two-and-a- half years after September 11, 2001 and to the present date. We have interpreted this to mean the time period from September 12, 2001 to March 31, 2004 (i.e., a total of 30 months after September 2001). To answer this question, we are relying upon the State Department's Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2002, newspaper accounts, and the RAND-MJPT Terrorism Incident database:2
2 RAND-MTPT Terrorism Incident Database is maintained by the RAND Corporation, in conjunction (continued...)
11 April 2002: Al Qaeda reportedly firebombed a synagogue in Tunisia, killing 19 and injuring 22.
6 October 2002: AI Qaeda reportedly directed a suicide attack on a French oil tanker off the coast of Yemen, killing 1 and injuring 4.
8 October 2002: AI Qaeda reportedly attacked U.S. military personnel in Kuwait, killing 1 person and injuring 1 person.
12 October 2002: AI Qaeda reportedly supported an attack (primarily carried out by Jemaah Islamiya) on a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia, killing approximately 180 people.
28 November 2002: AI Qaeda reportedly bombed an Israeli-owned/patronized hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, killing 15 and injuring 40. Simultaneously, AI Qaeda operatives unsuccessfully attempted to shoot down an Israeli chartered plane using a surface-to-air missile as it departed the airport in Mombasa, Kenya.
12 May 2003: AI Qaeda reportedly supported suicide attacks on three Western housing compounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killed 34 people, including 8 Americans.
16 May 2003: Fourteen suicide bombers, member of a local group (Al-Salafiyyah al-Jihadiyah, or "Salafia Jihadia") allegedly connected to AI Qaeda, carried out nearly simultaneous attacks on five Western and Jewish targets in Casablanca, killing 45 people and injuring more than 100.
15 November 2003: A group called Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades, which reportedly has connections to AI Qaeda, carried out twin suicide truck bomb attacks on synagogues in Istanbul. 25 people were killed and more than 300 were injured.
20 November 2003: An organization called the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front (or IBDA-C), which reportedly may have received logistical training and support from AI Qaeda,carried out suicide attacks against the British Consulate and the HSBC bank in Istanbul, Turkey.
11 March 2004: Simultaneous bombings of four packed commuter trains in Madrid killed 190 people and injured more than 1400. Evidence is still being gathered; however, Spanish police have in custody a number of Moroccan and other Islamist radicals who are reportedly members of organizations such as Al-Salafiyyah al-Jihadiyah, the group that carried out the Casablanca attacks and which reportedly has links with AI Qaeda. A self-described spokesman for AI Qaeda claimed the organization's responsibility for the attacks, although that has not been independently confirmed.
Please note that we are not including in this list terrorist attacks that have occurred in Iraq, many of which are suspected to have a link to AI Qaeda (or its associated groups), but whose genesis is still undetermined. There are a large number of attacks that could qualify 2 (...continued)
with the Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism. It is accessible at [http://db.mipt.org/mipt_rand.cfm].
For the list, but at this point the degree to which AI Qaeda is responsible is unclear and disputed.
The following AI Qaeda plot was reportedly disrupted during this time period
(September 12, 2001 to March 31, 2004):
December 2001: Suspected AI Qaeda associate Richard Colvin Reid attempted to ignite a shoe bomb on a transatlantic flight from Paris to Miami.
There may be other attacks that were disrupted during this period; however, we do not yet have access to unclassified government sources that would give a more complete and authoritative accounting of them. Thus it is not possible to determine the total number of attacks attemptedby AI Qaeda and disrupted by counterterrorist efforts in the 30 months after September 11th.
Summary
To summarize, the U.S. State Department lists four attacks as attributable to AI Qaeda in the total period of time before September 11th. In the thirty months immediately before September 11, 2001, the U.S. State Department lists one. In the thirty months after September 11,2001, the picture is much more complicated, since the State Department has not yet published its assessment and we do not have completely reliable sources. Counting only those attacks that are widely attributed to AI Qaeda in open sources, and realizing that this list is likely to change as more information either confirming or disputing an AI Qaeda role becomes available, we estimate that there have been approximately ten AI Qaeda
terrorist attacks since September 11,2001 (not including any potential Al Qaeda-associated operations in Iraq). The total number of disrupted attacks since September 11, 2001 is not known at this time. This is the best judgment that we can make on the available information and within the time provided to prepare this memorandum.
[source - “Memorandum, March 31, 2004, TO: House Government Reform Committee, FROM: Audrey Kurth Cronin, Specialist in Terrorism Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division” at 74.125.113.104/search?q=cache:o7WlE4lI77cJ:www.fas.org/irp/crs/033104.pdf+list+of+Al+Qaeda+attacks&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us on 11/05/2008]>>>.
WHAT AN ENCYCLOPEDIA HAS TO SAY WITH RESPECT AL QAEDA AND MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADER SHEIK OSAMA BIN LADIN:
<<<”Al-Qaeda attacks began on December 29, 1992, when bombs at two hotels in Aden, Yemen, killed two Austrian tourists. The blasts were targeting United States servicemen going to Somalia.[1]
The following list is of acts known or suspected to have been executed by al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda does not take credit for most of them, resulting in ambiguity over how many attacks the group has actually conducted. After the United States declaration of the War on Terrorism in 2001, the U.S. government has striven to highlight any connections between other militant groups and al-Qaeda. Some prefer to attribute to al-Qaedaism actions that might not be directly planned by al-Qaeda as a military headquarters but that are inspired by its tenets and strategies. [edit] Operation Bojinka Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheik Mohammed planned Operation Bojinka, a plot to destroy airplanes in mid-Pacific flight using explosives. An apartment fire in Manila, Philippines exposed the plan before it could be carried out. Yousef was arrested, but Mohammed evaded capture until 2003. They tested their attacks on the Philippine Airlines Flight 434.
1998 U.S.-embassy bombings Al-Qaeda is believed to have conducted the bombings in August 1998 of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 5,000 others.
1999 and 2000 attacks
USS Cole after it was bombed
In December 1999 and into 2000, al-Qaeda planned attacks against U.S. and Israeli tourists visiting Jordan for millennial celebrations; however, Jordanian authorities thwarted the planned attacks and put 28 suspects on trial. Part of this plot included the planned bombing of LAX, but this plot was foiled when bomber Ahmed Ressam was caught at the US-Canadian border with explosives in the trunk of his car. Al-Qaeda also planned to attack the USS The Sullivans on January 3, 2000, but the effort failed due to too much weight being put on the small boat meant to bomb the ship.
Despite the setback with the USS The Sullivans, al-Qaeda succeeded in bombing a U.S. warship in October 2000 with the USS Cole bombing. German police foiled a plot to destroy a cathedral in Strasbourg, France in December 2000.
* Strasbourg cathedral bombing plot (1999)
*Rizal Day Bombings in the Philippines (2000)
September 11, 2001, attacks
The most destructive act ascribed to al-Qaeda was the series of attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001. These attacks destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon in a series of suicide hijacking of airplanes. Bin Laden did take credit for the attacks days before the 2004 Presidential Election.
Other attacks, 2001–2003
Among other attacks ascribed to al-Qaeda and its affiliates are these:
* Paris embassy attack plot (2001)
* Singapore embassies attack plot (2001)
* Kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl (2002)
* Ghriba synagogue bombing in Djerba, Tunisia (2002)
* Foiled bombings of Western warships in the Strait of Gibraltar (2002)
* Limburg tanker bombing (2002)
* Kenyan hotel bombing in Mombasa and the attempt to shoot down an Israeli airliner (2002)
* Riyadh Compound Bombings (2003)
* 2003 Casablanca bombings
* 2003 Istanbul bombings
Al-Qaeda has strong alliances with a number of other Islamic militant organizations, including the Indonesian Islamic extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah, responsible for the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings; Al-Qaeda in Iraq; and Abu Sayyaf.
Although there have been no identified al-Qaeda attacks within the territory of the United States since the September 11 attacks, attacks in the Middle East, Far East, Africa, and Europe involving extensive casualties and turmoil have been attributed to organizations with affiliation to al-Qaeda, though not always directly to al-Qaeda itself.
March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks
On the day of the 2004 Madrid train bombings, the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi reported receiving an email from a group affiliated with al-Qaeda claiming responsibility. The authenticity of that claim has been questioned,[2] and the group making the claim was qualified by U.S. officials as "notoriously unreliable".[3] The coincidence in timing of the attacks with elections in Spain inspired several politically-focused speculations on the real identity of the perpetrators, with many initially suspecting ETA.[4] Direct al-Qaeda involvement in the Madrid 2004 bombings has been discounted by some sources,[5] and mildly asserted by the MIPT.[6]
Interpol and the Spanish Government now concur that a fanatical Islamic group of individuals were the perpetrators and that there was no operational relationship with al Qaeda at all.[7][8][9]
July 7, 2005 London bombings
Al-Qaeda is believed to be involved in the 7 July 2005 London bombings ("7/7" bombings), a series of attacks against mass transit in London which killed 57 people, including the 4 suicide bombers (see Mohammad Sidique Khan). A statement from a previously unknown group, "The Secret Organization of al-Qaeda in Europe" claimed responsibility; however, the authenticity of the statement and the group's connection to al-Qaeda have not been independently verified. The suspected perpetrators have not been definitively linked to al-Qaeda, although the contents of a video tape made by one of the bombers Mohammad Sidique Khan prior to his death and subsequently sent to Al Jazeera gives strong credence to an al-Qaeda connection. An apparently unconnected group attempted to duplicate the attack later that month, but their bombs failed to detonate.
An official inquiry by the British government reported that the bombers had no direct support from al Qaeda[10].
2005 Jordan attacks
Al-Qaeda in Iraq is suspected in the November 9, 2005 Amman, Jordan attacks in which three simultaneous bombings occurred at American franchise-owned hotels in Amman. The blasts killed 57 and injured 120 people. Most of the injured and killed were attending a wedding at the Radisson Hotel. The targeting of celebrating Muslim civilians cost al-Zarqawi (the man believed to have planned the attacks) greatly in Jordanian public opinion, and to a lesser extent in Arab public opinion as a whole.
2007 Algiers bombings
Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb claimed to have been responsible for the April 11, 2007 Algiers bombings. Two bombs exploded within a short time of each other, one at the prime ministers office and the other at a police station. The blasts killed 33 people. It was the first time a bombing had occurred in the capital in more than a decade.
2008 Danish-embassy bombing
Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Danish embassy in Pakistan on 2 June 2008. A car bomb killed six persons and injuring several. Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda, issued a statement on 5 June, claiming that the attack was a response to the 2005 publication of the Muhammed Cartoons.[11]
References
1. ^ frontline: the man who knew: timeline - al qaeda's global context | PBS
2. ^ [1] Madrid Bluff?. Letter doesn't look like al Qaeda. National Review
3. ^ [2] Madrid Massacre Probe Widens: ...The London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi said Thursday evening it had received a claim of responsibility in the name of al Qaeda...[]...The group making the claim, Abu Hafs al Masri Brigades, is affiliated with al-Qaeda and has carried out bombings before. But U.S. officials caution the group is "notoriously unreliable" and does not necessarily speak for Osama bin Laden's organization. For example, Abu Hafs took credit for last summer's Northeast blackout.
4. ^ A senior official in Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's office said the government was studying the reported claim but still thought ETA was more likely behind the attacks...[]..."When ETA attacks, the Basque heart breaks into a thousand pieces", Basque regional president Juan Jose Ibarretxe said...[]...The Interior Ministry said tests showed the explosives used in the attacks were a kind of dynamite normally used by ETA...[]...The bombers used titadine, a kind of compressed dynamite also found in a bomb-laden van intercepted last month as it headed for Madrid, a source at Aznar's office said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Officials blamed ETA then, too.
5. ^ The Independent article:While the bombers may have been inspired by Bin Laden, a two-year investigation into the attacks has found no evidence that al-Qa'ida helped plan, finance or carry out the bombings, or even knew about them in advance
6. ^ [3] "the length of time between the Madrid bombings and Abu Nayaf al-Afghani’s claim has cast doubt on its authenticity..[]...Other sources attribute the March 11 attacks to the group Abu Dujana Al-Afghani Ansar Al-Qaeda Europe, which appears be an alias for Abu Nayaf al-Afghani. A separate al-Qaeda linked organization, the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade, also declared responsibility for the Madrid attacks, and although it faces similar questions about the validity of its claims, it is generally regarded by authorities as having carried out the attacks"
7. ^ MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Database (see MIPT)
8. ^ The Times Bomb squad link in Spanish blast
9. ^ The worst Islamist attack in European history | World news | guardian.co.uk
10. ^ Leak reveals official story of London bombings | UK news | The Observer
11. ^ www.nefafoundation.org/miscellane....akistan0608.pdf “
[source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_al-Qaeda_attacks on 11/05/2008]>>>.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ON AL QAEDA AND MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADER, SHEIK OSAMA BIN LADIN:
<<<”Number10.gov.uk , The official site of the Prime Minister's Office
Wednesday 13 July 2005
List of Al Qaida inspired terror attacks released 13 July 2005
A list of significant terrorist attacks inspired by, or linked to, Al Qaida has been released. It was promised to MPs by Tony Blair during PMQs earlier today.
PM condemns ‘perverted and poisonous’ terrorist attacks International terrorism: significant attacks associated with Al Qaida This is a list of significant terrorist attacks from the first on the World Trade Centre in New York until that in London on 7 July. It does not include all terrorist attacks. Some of those listed were directly linked to Bin Laden or other Al Qaida leaders, but many were conducted by terrorists inspired by Al Qaida. During this period several planned attacks which might have led to significant loss of life have also been prevented, most notably a planned attack on Strasbourg Christmas Market in December 2000 and other attacks planned a year earlier against targets in the US and Jordan.
Date of event
Location
Summary
26-Feb-93
USA (New York)
First World Trade Center bombing planned by Ramzi Youssef. 6 killed, over 1000 injured.
[[Members of Islam hate World Trade Center for some unknown diabolical reason]]
11-Dec-94
Philippines
Small bomb on Philippines Airlines flight; 1 Japanese businessman killed, 10 people injured.
29-Jul-95
France (Paris and Lyon)
4-month bombing campaign. Attacks on the Paris metro, the Arc de Triomphe and outside a Jewish school in Lyon.
13-Nov-95
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)
Car bombs at military compound.
18-Sep-97
Egypt(Cairo)
Gunmen attack a tourist bus. 9 Germans and 1 Egyptian killed.
17-Nov-97
Egypt (Luxor)
Gunmen attack tourists. c.70 killed.
7-Aug-98
Kenya (Nairobi) and Tanzania (Dar-es-Salaam)
Truck bomb attack against US embassies. Over 200 people killed, thousands injured.
12-Oct-00
Yemen
Boat bomb attack on the USS Cole in the port of Aden. 17 US soldiers killed, 39 wounded.
11-Sep-01
USA (New York and Washington)
Hijacked planes crashed into the two World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. A fourth plane crashes into a field in Pittsburgh. c. 3000 killed.
11-Apr-02
Tunisia
Vehicle bomb attack against a synagogue on the resort island of Djerba. c.21 killed.
8-May-02
Pakistan (Karachi)
Bomb attack against bus carrying French engineers near Sheraton Hotel.
14-Jun-02
Pakistan (Karachi)
Truck bomb attack against US Consulate. 12 killed, 51 injured.
6-Oct-02
Yemen
Boat bomb attack against French oil tanker MV Limburg off Ash Shahir port. 1 killed.
12-Oct-02
Indonesia (Bali)
Attacks against US Consulate, Sari Club and Paddy’s Bar. 202 killed, including 26 Britons.
28-Nov-02
Kenya (Mombasa)
Attack on an Israeli-owned hotel. 12 killed. Surface-to-air missile launched at Israeli airliner the same day.
12-May-03
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)
Attacks at 3 compounds housing expatriates. Over 30 killed.
16-May-03
Morocco (Casablanca)
Multiple suicide bombings against Spanish club, hotel and sites. 45 dead, c.100 injured.
5-Aug-03
Indonesia
Vehicle bomb attack against Marriott Hotel. c. 12 killed, 100 injured.
8-Nov-03
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)
Major vehicle bomb attack against residential compound housing mainly expatriate workers from other Arab countries. 17 killed, over 80 injured.
15-Nov-03
Turkey (Istanbul)
2 vehicle bomb attacks at Jewish synagogues.
20-Nov-03
Turkey (Istanbul)
2 vehicle bombs at HSBC Bank and British Consulate. Together with 15 Nov attack, over 60 people killed (including 2 Britons).
11-Mar-04
Spain (Madrid)
Bomb attacks against 4 trains. Terrorists blew themselves up when confronted by police. 199 killed.
1-May-04
Saudi Arabia (Yanbu)
Attack on expatriate oil workers. 6 foreign nationals and 1 Saudi killed.
30-May-05
Saudi Arabia (Al Khobar)
4 attacks in Al Khobbar target oil companies and compound.
9-Sep-04
Indonesia (Jakarta)
Vehicle bomb outside Australian Embassy. 9 killed, over 100 injured.
8-Oct-04
Egypt
Large explosions at Hilton Hotel in Taba and at 2 campsites in the Sinai area. Over 30 killed.
28-Oct-04
Pakistan (Islamabad)
Explosion at Marriott Hotel. 7 injured.
19-Mar-05
Qatar (Doha)
Vehicle bomb attack outside the Doha Players’ Theatre. 1 (British national) killed, 12 injured.
07-Apr-05
Egypt (Cairo)
Attack near tourist bazaar in Cairo. 2 French nationals and one American killed, c.18 injured.
30-Apr-05
Egypt (Cairo)
Tourist bus fired on in Cairo. 8 injured.
07-Jul-05
UK (London)
4 explosions - 3 in tube trains, one in bus. At least 52 dead, 700 injured.
[source - Number10.gov.uk , The official site of the Prime Minister's Office, at www.number10.gov.uk/Page7930 on 11/05/2008]>>>.
MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADER, SHEIK OSAMA BIN LADIN OPENLY CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR 9/11:
<<<” Bin Laden Claims Responsibility for 9/11 – FOX News
Saturday, October 30, 2004 [source - www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137095,00.html]
WASHINGTON — Usama bin Laden (search ) made his first televised appearance in more than a year Friday in which he admitted for the first time ordering the Sept. 11 attacks and accused President Bush of "misleading" the American people.
Injecting himself into the campaign four days ahead of the presidential election, bin Laden said the United States can avoid another Sept. 11-style attack if it stops threatening the security of Muslims.
In the portion of the tape that was broadcast, the Al Qaeda (search) leader refrained from directly warning of new attacks, although he said "there are still reasons to repeat what happened."
"Your security is not in the hands of Kerry, Bush or Al Qaeda. Your security is in your own hands," bin Laden said, referring to the president and his Democratic opponent. "Any state that does not mess with our security, has naturally guaranteed its own security."
Admitting for the first time that he ordered the Sept. 11 attacks, bin Laden said he did so because of injustices against the Lebanese and Palestinians by Israel and the United States.
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Bin Laden Appears on New Tape Bush, Kerry Respond to Tape 'Azzam the American' Threatens U.S. In what appeared to be conciliatory language, bin Laden said he wanted to explain why he ordered the airline hijackings that hit the World Trade Center (search) and the Pentagon so Americans would know how to act to prevent another attack.
"To the American people, my talk is to you about the best way to avoid another Manhattan," he said. "I tell you: Security is an important element of human life and free people do not give up their security."
After the video was aired, President Bush said that "Americans will not be intimidated" by bin Laden. Sen. John Kerry criticized Bush for failing to capture bin Laden earlier and said that "I can run a more effective war on terror."
The political impact of the tape could cut both ways. It bolsters Bush's argument that the world is a dangerous place and plays to his strength as commander in chief in fighting the war on terror, but it also underscores that his administration has failed to capture or kill America's No. 1 enemy more than three years after the terror attacks on New York and Washington.
It was the first footage in more than a year of the fugitive Al Qaeda leader, thought to be hiding in the mountains along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The video, broadcast on Al-Jazeera television, showed bin Laden with a long, gray beard, wearing traditional white robes, a turban and a golden cloak, standing behind a table with papers and in front of a plain, brown curtain.
His hands were steady and he appeared healthy.
The Bush administration said it believes the videotape is authentic and was made recently, noting that bin Laden referred to 1,000 U.S. military deaths in Iraq -- which happened in early September.
White House press secretary Scott McClellan said the administration did not plan to raise the nation's threat level for now. The U.S. official said the 18-minute tape -- which carries English subtitles, though not in the portion shown on Al-Jazeera -- lacks an explicit threat and repeats well-worn themes.
Multiple sources told FOX News that the tape is authentic and that it was made recently.
Al-Jazeera, which is based in Qatar, broadcast about seven minutes of the tape. The station's spokesman, Jihad Ali Ballout, said Al-Jazeera aired what was "newsworthy and relevant" and refused to describe the unaired portions, including whether they included any threats. Ballout said the station received the tape Friday but would not say how.
Before the tape was aired, the State Department asked the government of Qatar to discourage Al-Jazeera from broadcasting it, a senior State Department official said.
In the video, bin Laden accused Bush of misleading Americans by saying the attack was carried out because Al Qaeda "hates freedom." The terrorist leader said his followers have left alone countries that do not threaten Muslims.
"We fought you because we are free ... and want to regain freedom for our nation. As you undermine our security we undermine yours," bin Laden said.
He said he was first inspired to attack the United States by the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon in which towers and buildings in Beirut were destroyed in the siege of the capital.
"While I was looking at these destroyed towers in Lebanon, it sparked in my mind that the tyrant should be punished with the same and that we should destroy towers in America, so that it tastes what we taste and would be deterred from killing our children and women," he said.
"God knows that it had not occurred to our mind to attack the towers, but after our patience ran out and we saw the injustice and inflexibility of the American-Israeli alliance toward our people in Palestine and Lebanon, this came to my mind," he said.
Bin Laden suggested Bush was slow to react to the Sept. 11 attacks, giving the hijackers more time than they expected. At the time of the attacks, the president was listening to schoolchildren in Florida reading a book.
"It never occurred to us that the commander in chief of the American armed forces would leave 50,000 of his citizens in the two towers to face these horrors alone," he said, referring to the number of people who worked at the World Trade Center.
"It appeared to him [Bush] that a little girl's talk about her goat and its butting was more important than the planes and their butting of the skyscrapers. That gave us three times the required time to carry out the operations, thank God," he said.
Excluding the hijackers, the Sept. 11 attacks killed 2,749 people at the World Trade Center, 184 at the Pentagon and 40 in Pennsylvania.
In planning the attacks, bin Laden said he told Mohammed Atta, one of the hijackers, that the strikes had to be carried out "within 20 minutes before Bush and his administration noticed."
Bin Laden compared the Bush administration to repressive Arab regimes "in that half of them are ruled by the military and the other half are ruled by the sons of kings and presidents."
He said the resemblance became clear when Bush's father was president and visited Arab countries.
"He wound up being impressed by the royal and military regimes and envied them for staying decades in their positions and embezzling the nation's money with no supervision," bin Laden said.
"He passed on tyranny and oppression to his son, and they called it the Patriot Act, under the pretext of fighting terror. Bush the father did well in placing his sons as governors and did not forget to pass on the expertise in fraud from the leaders of the (Mideast) region to Florida to use it in critical moments."
The image of bin Laden reading a statement was dramatically different from the few other videos of the Al Qaeda leader that have emerged since the Sept. 11 attacks.
In the last videotape, issued Sept. 10, 2003, bin Laden is seen walking through rocky terrain with his top deputy Ayman al-Zawahri, both carrying automatic rifles. In a taped message issued at the same time, bin Laden praises the "great damage to the enemy" on Sept. 11 and mentions five hijackers by name.
In December 2001, the Pentagon released a videotape in which bin Laden is shown at a dinner with associates in Afghanistan on Nov. 9, 2001, saying the destruction of the Sept. 11 attacks exceeded even his "optimistic" calculations.
But in none of his previous messages, audio or video, did bin Laden directly state that he ordered the attacks.
U.S. authorities have long said they believe bin Laden is hiding in a rugged, mountainous tribal region of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan, but there has been no firm evidence of his whereabouts for three years.
The last audiotape purportedly from bin Laden came in April. The speaker on the tape, which CIA analysts said likely was the Al Qaeda leader, offered a truce to European nations if they pull troops out of Muslim countries. The tape referred to the March 22 assassination by Israel of Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin.
Retired Lt. Col. Bill Cowen, a FOX News military analyst, said bin Laden timed the tape deliberately.
"I think he's just trying to slap the president around a little bit and in my opinion is trying to influence the election," Cowen said.
Cowen said that while the tape showed that the most wanted terrorist was still at large, it also should be seen in another light.
"This tape is also a reminder of how we've decimated the top Al Qaeda leadership," Cowen said. "It took us 20 years to find Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, right here in the United States."
FOX News' Bret Baier, Ian McCaleb, Anna Persky and The Associated Press contributed to this report.” [source - Bin Laden Claims Responsibility for 9/11 – FOX News, Saturday, October 30, 2004, www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137095,00.html on 10/30/2004]>>>.
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